There are only 25 authorised prescribers of medicinal cannabis products and fewer than 150 people in Australia have ever been given approved access to the drugs, according to evidence at a Senate estimates committee.

Victorian mother Molly Tankey knows medical cannabis may not be a miracle cure for her son David, who has severe epilepsy — but she's hopeful being part of a clinical trial will give him a better quality of life.

When Cairns mother Raina Thaiday killed eight children in 2014 she had been clean of cannabis for months, but a psychiatrist found her prior long-term use may have triggered the violent schizophrenic episode.

A South Australian woman who admits to supplying cannabis oil to terminally ill people free of charge, says she'll be an even more vocal advocate for medicinal cannabis after she was charged with drug offences.